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The excitement of a new believer
Acts 9:19-31
Objective: It is my objective that to show that when a person truly accepts Jesus Christ, there is a boldness to share the Gospel.
That boldness usually leads to many changes in his life.
If there are no changes, there is not salvation.
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Ready Acts 9:19‑31
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What happened to Saul
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Pharisee
b.
Persecutor of the church
c.
Aggressive—Needed an extreme make over
d.
Personality did not change—Go getter and stayed a go getter
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Paul at salvation;
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After being saved
b.
Immediately was baptized-Pattern of the early church Acts 9:18-19
c.
Dynamic debater and had a great grasp on
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Put all the dots together
a.
I have come to Jackson—Still connecting the dots
b.
Saul had all the dots-
1.
He knew the OT Law
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He knew the prophecies
3.
He knew about Jesus Christ
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He had not connected the dots to put them all together
c.
It took the God Himself to connect the dots in Saul’s mind and life.
Saul, Why are you persecuting me
Who are you, LORD
I am Jesus, Whom you are persecuting
Acts 9:1-9
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Saul began to explain who Jesus was
Acts 9:22 ESV But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ.
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Jews reaction to the truth
a.
Could accept it
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Could try to destroy the messenger
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Principles to look at:
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Proof that Jesus is the Christ
1) A man in History
‑‑More documentation in history for Jesus actually living than for any other person alive
‑"No serious scholar has ventured to postulate the non‑historicity of Jesus" Otto Betz
‑‑Bible can be relied upon to give an accurate portrayal of Jesus Christ
‑‑Other sources in History
==Cornelious Tacitus
==Lucian
==Flacius Josehpus
==Seutonius
==Plinius Secundus, Pliny the younger
==Tertullian
==Justin Martyr
==Jewish Talmuds
2) Jesus as a God
a. Direct claims
b. His trial showed Him to be God
Mark 14:61‑64
Matt 27:43
c. Equality with the Father
John 10:30‑33
John 5:17‑18
d. "I AM"
John 8:58
cf.
Exodus 3:14; Isa 43:10‑12
e.
Given the same honor as God
John 5:23‑24
f. Believe in me
John 14:1, 9
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Worshiped which is reserved only for God
Matt 4:10
h. Paul
Phi 2:9‑11
i. John the Baptist
Luk 3:22
j. Peter
Acts 2:36
k. Thomas
John 20:28
l. Stephen
Act 7:59
3) Jesus is Jehovah
4) Jesus titles
1) Old Testament
‑‑Prophecies
‑‑Jesus Christ fulfilled the Old Testament
2) New Testament
*II.
What if we were wrong?*
1 Corinthians 1:21-24.
*21 *For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.
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